Abraham Verghese Quotes, Thinking Quotes, People Quotes

I always wondered if the good people who send us bibles really think that hookworm and hunger are healed by scripture? Our patients are illiterate.

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People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

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What makes people weak? Their need for validation and recognition, their need to feel important. Don't get caught in this trap.

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It is the decisive people who have become civilised; it is the indecisive, otherwise called the higher sceptics, or the idealistic doubters, who have remained barbarians.

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What ends up happening is people form images and the image they form is, in some ways, what they want it to be. The idea of trying to correct the image is something I'm not interested in doing.

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It is a tough choice. In war, people die. But when we refuse to confront the enemy, we will face the enemy in New York and Washington, as we did on 9-11. As for responsiblity, of course we stand by our decision to go to war on Iraq. President Kennedy said that friend and foe alike should know where America stands.

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When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

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That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, and fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.

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For a very small expence the public can facilitate, can encourage, and can even impose upon almost the whole body of the people, the necessity of acquiring those most essential parts of education.

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I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don't want handouts and don't much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.

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Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?

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How distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.

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From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour.

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When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!

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I... keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if... if only there were no other people in the world.

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In my entire life I have only met four "perfect" people... and I disliked them all.

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Better is the enemy of good.

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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.

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Do not wonder if the common people speak more truly than those above them: they speak more safely.

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If we are enforcing what should be the rules around Medicare and making sure the people are getting the bang for the buck, it's not going to be possible for insurance companies to simply pass on those costs to Medicare recipients, because ultimately it's Uncle Sam that's paying for those services anyway.

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